List of Africa articles
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Keenan_image_01-darker Dead Man’s Market and the Boy Gangs of Niger
Impoverished young men have menaced the city of Zinder with rapes and murders. Now Boko Haram wants to turn their ultra-violence into a weapon of war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Former Nigerian Defense Chief: I Did Not Steal $20 Million to Build My Mansion
Yet another high-profile military official has been arrested in Nigeria on charges he stole from the country's defense budget.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 150 Killed in Massive U.S. Airstrike in Somalia
In the biggest airstrike in recent memory, American bombs obliterate al-Shabab training camp
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Thanks to Poachers, More African Elephants Are Being Killed than Born
Despite a decline in poaching, African elephants are still being killed at a rapid pace.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar?
2015 Global Thinker Fabrice Monteiro discusses how plastic-bag couture can teach a generation to respect its environment.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Read Declassified Bin Laden Documents Here
Newly declassified documents show Osama bin Laden set aside about $29 million in his will to fund terrorism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Queen of Uganda’s Museveni Dynasty
The longtime Ugandan leader just won re-election. But his wife may have been the vote’s biggest winner.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Time I Decided to Vote
Here's why it meant so much for one writer in Kampala to vote in Uganda's seriously flawed election.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Happy Weeklong Birthday, Mugabe. Hope You Enjoy the Drought.
Robert Mugabe's 92nd birthday party will likely be lavish. It will also take place while 3 million people suffering in the country's drought ask for aid.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’
A leading think tank says the White House has failed to lift the veil of secrecy obscuring key details of its lethal drone program.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One Reason Egyptian Mass Trials Are a Bad Idea: Four-Year-Olds Get Life in Prison
A four-year-old's sentencing in Egypt has shed light on the country's controversial mass trials.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Candidate Arrest, Social Media Blackout, and Clashes Mar Election Day in Uganda
Longtime President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to win re-election, through means fair or foul.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Africa Dream Isn’t Dead
Despite falling investment in the continent, Chinese entrepreneurs, investors, and wanderers are digging in.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the U.S. Military Propping Up Uganda’s ‘Elected’ Autocrat?
Ugandan forces have used U.S. aid to fight terrorists. Will they also use it to crush opponents of the president?
